3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of mitochondrial valine catabolism caused by biallelic pathogenic HIBCH variants. The clinical spectrum ranges from severe neonatal or infantile neurodegeneration with metabolic decompensation and Leigh-like basal-ganglia injury to later-onset progressive movement disorder.
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name: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency
creation_date: "2026-04-15T00:00:00Z"
category: Mendelian
description: >-
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency is an autosomal
recessive disorder of mitochondrial valine catabolism caused by biallelic
pathogenic HIBCH variants. The clinical spectrum ranges from severe neonatal
or infantile neurodegeneration with metabolic decompensation and Leigh-like
basal-ganglia injury to later-onset progressive movement disorder.
disease_term:
preferred_term: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency
term:
id: MONDO:0009603
label: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency
mappings:
mondo_mappings:
- term:
id: MONDO:0009603
label: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency
mapping_predicate: skos:exactMatch
mapping_source: MONDO
parents:
- hereditary disease
- inborn error of metabolism
inheritance:
- name: Autosomal Recessive
inheritance_term:
preferred_term: Autosomal recessive inheritance
term:
id: HP:0000007
label: Autosomal recessive inheritance
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency (OMIM 250620) is an
autosomal recessive inborn error of valine catabolism
explanation: The clinical review explicitly identifies autosomal recessive inheritance.
- reference: CGGV:assertion_26621ace-7c6b-4a1c-8286-02c4cb8a1544-2019-11-07T222437.403Z
reference_title: "HIBCH / 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency (Definitive)"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "HIBCH | HGNC:4908 | 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency | MONDO:0009603 | AR | Definitive"
explanation: ClinGen records autosomal recessive inheritance for the definitive gene-disease relationship.
prevalence:
- population: Global
prevalence_class: UNKNOWN
notes: >-
Population prevalence is not established. The literature consistently
describes HIBCH deficiency as rare or very rare, but case-report counts
should not be converted into a population prevalence estimate.
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696
reference_title: "Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-Coa Hydrolase (HIBCH) Deficiency in Bahrain: A Retrospective Cohort Study"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Background: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency is a rare inborn error of valine catabolism associated with progressive neurological impairment."
explanation: A recent cohort describes the disorder as rare without supplying population prevalence.
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "HIBCH gene defect is a very rare organic aciduria and also might cause secondary mitochondrial dysfunction."
explanation: The literature review describes HIBCH deficiency as very rare.
has_subtypes:
- name: Neonatal onset
description: >-
The least frequent and generally most severe presentation, beginning at
birth with feeding difficulty, tone abnormality, and seizures.
- name: Infantile onset
description: >-
The most common presentation, beginning in the first two years with
neurodevelopmental delay or regression, hypotonia, movement disorder, and
episodic neurologic deterioration.
- name: Late onset
description: >-
A childhood-onset, more slowly progressive presentation dominated by
movement disorder, sometimes paroxysmal dystonia, and variable cognitive
impairment.
progression:
- phase: Neonatal presentation
subtype: Neonatal onset
age_range: Birth to 29 days
notes: >-
Neonatal-onset disease is the least frequent presentation and carries a
high risk of childhood death; survivors may have severe developmental,
growth, seizure, and movement-disorder morbidity.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Neonatal onset, the least frequent phenotype, is characterized by
hypotonia, seizures, and feeding difficulties at birth. There is a high
risk of death in childhood, and individuals that survive typically have
developmental delay, seizures, poor weight gain, and growth deficiency
and develop a movement disorder.
explanation: GeneReviews defines the neonatal presentation and its severe course.
- phase: Infantile presentation
subtype: Infantile onset
age_range: 1 month to 2 years
notes: >-
Infantile onset is the most common presentation and commonly combines
developmental regression, hypotonia, feeding or vomiting symptoms,
seizures, movement disorder, and episodic neurologic deterioration.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Infantile onset is the most common phenotype, presenting in the first two
years of life with feeding difficulties, vomiting, developmental delay
with regression, hypotonia, seizures, movement disorder, microcephaly,
vision impairment, and episodes of neurologic deterioration.
explanation: GeneReviews defines the infantile presentation and its principal manifestations.
- phase: Later-onset progressive movement disorder
subtype: Late onset
age_range: Childhood
notes: >-
Later-onset disease is usually more slowly progressive and has greater
reported survival, although the number of observed patients remains small.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Late onset is the second most common phenotype, presenting in childhood
as a slowly progressive disease with significant movement disorder with
or without paroxysmal dystonia, variable cognitive impairment, and high
survivability.
explanation: GeneReviews describes the later-onset movement-disorder phenotype.
- phase: Illness-associated metabolic-neurologic decompensation
notes: >-
Intercurrent illness or another catabolic stress can precipitate acute
encephalopathy or neurologic deterioration. In a pooled, literature-derived
series of 40 largely Leigh-spectrum cases, a precipitating cause was
reported in 18 (45%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Precipitating cause 6 (75%) 12 (38%) 18 (45%)"
explanation: The pooled case table quantifies reported precipitating events.
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "recurrent metabolic attacks with intercurrent illness"
explanation: The clinical review identifies intercurrent illness as a trigger for recurrent attacks.
- phase: Variable survival and long-term disability
notes: >-
Outcome ranges from survival into adulthood to early death. A pooled,
literature-ascertained series reported 7 deaths among 40 cases (18%), while
a geographically restricted eight-person Bahrain cohort sharing one
homozygous variant reported severe disability and sepsis-related mortality.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Death cases 0 7 (22%) 7 (18%)"
explanation: The pooled table reports death in 7 of 40 literature-derived cases.
- reference: DOI:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696
reference_title: "Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-Coa Hydrolase (HIBCH) Deficiency in Bahrain: A Retrospective Cohort Study"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Despite clinical interventions, 5 of 8 patients exhibited severe, persistent developmental delay, and 3 patients succumbed to sepsis."
explanation: This establishes severe outcome in one small, genetically homogeneous regional cohort.
mechanistic_hypotheses:
- hypothesis_group_id: canonical_hibch_reactive_metabolite_model
hypothesis_label: Canonical HIBCH Reactive-Metabolite Model
status: CANONICAL
description: >-
Loss of HIBCH activity blocks hydrolysis of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA.
Accumulated valine-pathway intermediates are associated with
3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine and methacrylyl-CoA-derived thiol conjugates.
Reactive intermediate toxicity is proposed to impair mitochondrial proteins
and energy metabolism, but the causal steps and the reason for selective
basal-ganglia vulnerability are not fully established in humans.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Urine metabolite investigations also showed increases in
3-hydroxyisobutyryl carnitine, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate and several
metabolites indicating accumulation and subsequent metabolism of
methacrylyl-CoA and acryloyl-CoA.
explanation: Human metabolite studies support accumulation of valine-derived intermediates.
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
The index case had deficiencies of multiple RC enzymes and PDHc in
skeletal muscle and fibroblasts respectively, but these were normal in his
younger brother.
explanation: Human secondary mitochondrial abnormalities support part of the model but their sibling discordance shows that they are not required.
- hypothesis_group_id: emerging_hibch_lysine_methacrylation_model
hypothesis_label: Emerging Lysine Methacrylation Model
status: EMERGING
description: >-
Cell, patient-fibroblast, and Drosophila experiments implicate ectopic
protein lysine methacrylation in mitochondrial morphology and respiratory
defects. This is an emerging preclinical mechanism and does not establish a
human therapy.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:40056416
reference_title: Ectopic protein lysine methacrylation contributes to defects caused by loss of HIBCH or ECHS1.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: IN_VITRO
snippet: >-
Fibroblasts from patients with HIBCH or ECHS1 mutations show similar
mitochondrial changes and elevated Kmea, which are significantly reversed
by administering N-acetyl-L-cysteine to reduce Kmea levels.
explanation: Patient fibroblasts support an in-vitro methacrylation phenotype and experimental rescue.
- reference: PMID:40056416
reference_title: Ectopic protein lysine methacrylation contributes to defects caused by loss of HIBCH or ECHS1.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: MODEL_ORGANISM
snippet: >-
Reducing Kmea modification partially rescues mitochondrial morphology
changes in cells and eye degeneration in flies.
explanation: Rescue in flies is preclinical and cannot be interpreted as clinical efficacy.
pathophysiology:
- name: HIBCH catalytic loss
description: >-
Biallelic pathogenic HIBCH variants reduce mitochondrial
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase activity, establishing the initiating
enzymatic lesion.
gene:
preferred_term: HIBCH
term:
id: hgnc:4908
label: HIBCH
molecular_functions:
- preferred_term: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase activity
term:
id: GO:0003860
label: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase activity
modifier: DECREASED
locations:
- preferred_term: mitochondrial matrix
term:
id: GO:0005759
label: mitochondrial matrix
mechanism_confidence: ESTABLISHED
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: IN_VITRO
snippet: "Fibroblast HIBCH activity was below detectable limits in both patients"
explanation: Enzyme assay demonstrated absent detectable activity in fibroblasts from two affected siblings.
- reference: CGGV:assertion_26621ace-7c6b-4a1c-8286-02c4cb8a1544-2019-11-07T222437.403Z
reference_title: "HIBCH / 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency (Definitive)"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "HIBCH | HGNC:4908 | 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency | MONDO:0009603 | AR | Definitive"
explanation: ClinGen classifies the HIBCH-disease relationship as definitive.
downstream:
- target: Impaired 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolysis
description: Loss of the enzyme directly blocks its mitochondrial valine-catabolism reaction.
causal_link_type: DIRECT
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "conversion of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA to free 3-hydroxyisobutyrate"
explanation: The paper states the reaction directly.
- name: Impaired 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolysis
description: >-
Failure to convert 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA to free
3-hydroxyisobutyrate disrupts mitochondrial valine catabolism.
biological_processes:
- preferred_term: valine catabolic process
term:
id: GO:0006574
label: L-valine catabolic process
modifier: DECREASED
chemical_entities:
- preferred_term: L-valine
term:
id: CHEBI:16414
label: L-valine
- preferred_term: 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA
locations:
- preferred_term: mitochondrial matrix
term:
id: GO:0005759
label: mitochondrial matrix
mechanism_confidence: ESTABLISHED
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "conversion of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA to free 3-hydroxyisobutyrate"
explanation: This defines the blocked reaction.
downstream:
- target: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
description: >-
Substrate accumulation and pathway back-pressure are associated with
methacrylyl-CoA- and acryloyl-CoA-derived metabolites.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Urine metabolite investigations also showed increases in
3-hydroxyisobutyryl carnitine, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate and
several metabolites indicating accumulation and subsequent metabolism
of methacrylyl-CoA and acryloyl-CoA.
explanation: Human metabolites support pathway accumulation, while the precise back-pressure mechanism is unresolved.
- name: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
description: >-
Methacrylyl-CoA and related electrophilic intermediates can react with
sulfhydryl-containing molecules. SCPC, SCPCM, their derivatives, and other
urine metabolites report this biochemical state; their contribution to
neural injury remains incompletely defined.
chemical_entities:
- preferred_term: methacrylyl-CoA
term:
id: CHEBI:27754
label: methacrylyl-CoA
locations:
- preferred_term: mitochondrial matrix
term:
id: GO:0005759
label: mitochondrial matrix
mechanism_confidence: PROVISIONAL
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "Urine tandem mass spectrometry screening showed large increases in the cysteine conjugate of methacrylate previously described in HIBCHD."
explanation: The biochemical reactivity of methacrylyl-CoA supports the toxicity model.
downstream:
- target: Variable secondary PDH and respiratory-chain dysfunction
description: >-
Reactive-intermediate and redox effects may impair mitochondrial enzymes,
but abnormalities are inconsistent among affected people.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
These effects are likely to vary according to the levels of oxidative
stress, which may explain the variable RC and PDHc defects seen in the
3 patients with HIBCH deficiency
explanation: The study explicitly treats the mechanism and variability as explanatory hypotheses.
- target: Illness-associated acute neurometabolic decompensation
description: >-
Catabolic stress may increase valine-pathway flux and reactive-metabolite
burden, contributing to illness-associated deterioration.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_KNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
intermediate_mechanisms:
- Increased valine release and pathway flux during catabolism or ketosis.
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "recurrent metabolic attacks with intercurrent illness"
explanation: Human clinical evidence supports illness-associated attacks; increased valine-pathway flux remains the inferred intermediate.
- target: Leigh-like basal-ganglia neurometabolic injury
description: >-
Reactive metabolite toxicity may injure vulnerable neural tissue through
mechanisms that do not require demonstrable respiratory-chain or PDH
deficiency in every patient.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
The predilection for the basal ganglia in HIBCH deficiency is
intriguing, and the pathomechanism(s) underlying the basal ganglia
lesions, and in particular the selective involvement of the globi
pallidi and subthalamic nuclei, are not clear.
explanation: Human imaging establishes selective vulnerability while explicitly leaving its mechanism unresolved.
- name: Variable secondary PDH and respiratory-chain dysfunction
description: >-
Secondary pyruvate-dehydrogenase-complex and respiratory-chain
abnormalities occur in some patients, but are neither universal nor a
required bottleneck for the neurologic phenotype.
biological_processes:
- preferred_term: oxidative phosphorylation
term:
id: GO:0006119
label: oxidative phosphorylation
modifier: DECREASED
locations:
- preferred_term: mitochondrion
term:
id: GO:0005739
label: mitochondrion
mechanism_confidence: PROVISIONAL
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
The index case had deficiencies of multiple RC enzymes and PDHc in
skeletal muscle and fibroblasts respectively, but these were normal in his
younger brother.
explanation: Two similarly affected siblings demonstrate that the biochemical abnormality is variable.
- reference: DOI:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696
reference_title: "Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-Coa Hydrolase (HIBCH) Deficiency in Bahrain: A Retrospective Cohort Study"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Biochemical profiling revealed elevated C4-OH acylcarnitine, with variable abnormalities in blood lactate, amino acids, and respiratory chain complexes."
explanation: The Bahrain cohort independently describes respiratory-chain abnormalities as variable.
downstream:
- target: Leigh-like basal-ganglia neurometabolic injury
description: Energy-metabolism impairment may contribute to Leigh-like injury in the subset with secondary enzyme defects.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
It is possible that the lesions arise from localised cerebral energy
failure and subsequent neuronal cell death
explanation: The energy-failure link is explicitly proposed rather than demonstrated.
- name: Illness-associated acute neurometabolic decompensation
description: >-
Intercurrent illness, fasting, or another catabolic stress can precipitate
acute encephalopathy and neurologic deterioration on the background of
disrupted valine metabolism.
mechanism_confidence: ESTABLISHED
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "recurrent metabolic attacks with intercurrent illness"
explanation: Illness-associated attacks are a documented part of the clinical course.
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "episodes of neurologic deterioration"
explanation: GeneReviews includes episodic deterioration in the common infantile presentation.
downstream:
- target: Developmental regression
description: Acute neurologic deterioration can result in loss of acquired skills.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
- target: Encephalopathy
description: Acute decompensation manifests clinically as encephalopathy in many reported cases.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
- name: Leigh-like basal-ganglia neurometabolic injury
description: >-
HIBCH deficiency commonly produces a Leigh-like syndrome with bilateral
pallidal or broader basal-ganglia injury. The selective neuroanatomic
vulnerability is observed consistently, but its molecular basis remains
unresolved.
locations:
- preferred_term: basal ganglion
term:
id: UBERON:0002420
label: basal ganglion
mechanism_confidence: PROVISIONAL
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Basal ganglia 8 (100%) 28 (93%) 36 (95%)"
explanation: Basal-ganglia involvement occurred in 36 of 38 pooled, largely Leigh-spectrum cases with imaging data.
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Two brothers born to distantly related Pakistani parents presenting in
early infancy with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, associated
with basal ganglia changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging
explanation: The sibling report establishes the Leigh-like clinical-imaging presentation.
downstream:
- target: Developmental regression
description: Progressive or episodic neural injury is associated with regression.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
- target: Hypotonia
description: Central neurometabolic injury is associated with hypotonia.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
- target: Dystonia
description: Basal-ganglia circuit injury is associated with dystonia.
causal_link_type: INDIRECT_UNKNOWN_INTERMEDIATES
phenotypes:
- name: Global developmental delay
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: >-
Developmental delay was reported in 29 of 38 pooled,
literature-ascertained cases (76%); the cohort was enriched for
Leigh/Leigh-like presentations.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Global developmental delay
term:
id: HP:0001263
label: Global developmental delay
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Developmental delay 5 (63%) 24 (80%) 29 (76%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places developmental delay in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Developmental regression
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: >-
Loss of acquired skills was reported in 24 of 38 pooled,
literature-ascertained cases (63%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Developmental regression
term:
id: HP:0002376
label: Developmental regression
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Developmental regression 7 (88%) 17 (57%) 24 (63%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places regression in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Hypotonia
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Hypotonia was reported in 28 of 38 pooled cases (74%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Hypotonia
term:
id: HP:0001252
label: Hypotonia
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Hypotonia 8 (100%) 20 (67%) 28 (74%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places hypotonia in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Encephalopathy
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Encephalopathy was reported in 19 of 38 pooled cases (50%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Encephalopathy
term:
id: HP:0001298
label: Encephalopathy
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Encephalopathy 6 (75%) 13 (43%) 19 (50%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places encephalopathy in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Feeding difficulties
category: Gastrointestinal
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Feeding difficulty was reported in 19 of 38 pooled cases (50%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Feeding difficulties
term:
id: HP:0011968
label: Feeding difficulties
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Feeding dif ficulties 5 (63%) 14 (47%) 19 (50%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places feeding difficulty in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Dystonia
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Dystonia was reported in 19 of 38 pooled cases (50%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Dystonia
term:
id: HP:0001332
label: Dystonia
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Dystonia 4 (50%) 15 (50%) 19 (50%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places dystonia in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Ataxia
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Ataxia was reported in 15 of 38 pooled cases (40%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Ataxia
term:
id: HP:0001251
label: Ataxia
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Ataxia 4 (50%) 11 (37%) 15 (40%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places ataxia in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Seizure
category: Neurologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Seizures were reported in 13 of 38 pooled cases (34%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Seizure
term:
id: HP:0001250
label: Seizure
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Seizures 3 (38%) 10 (33%) 13 (34%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places seizures in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Nystagmus
category: Ophthalmologic
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Nystagmus was reported in 14 of 38 pooled cases (37%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Nystagmus
term:
id: HP:0000639
label: Nystagmus
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Nystagmus 3 (38%) 11 (37%) 14 (37%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places nystagmus in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Strabismus
category: Ophthalmologic
frequency: OCCASIONAL
description: Strabismus was reported in 10 of 38 pooled cases (26%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Strabismus
term:
id: HP:0000486
label: Strabismus
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Strabismus 4 (50%) 6 (20%) 10 (26%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places strabismus in the OCCASIONAL band.
- name: Optic atrophy
category: Ophthalmologic
frequency: OCCASIONAL
description: Optic atrophy was reported in 5 of 38 pooled cases (13%).
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Optic atrophy
term:
id: HP:0000648
label: Optic atrophy
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Optic atrophy 0 5 (17%) 5 (13%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places optic atrophy in the OCCASIONAL band.
- name: Vomiting
category: Gastrointestinal
subtype: Infantile onset
description: Vomiting is part of the common infantile-onset presentation.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Vomiting
term:
id: HP:0002013
label: Vomiting
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Infantile onset is the most common phenotype, presenting in the first two
years of life with feeding difficulties, vomiting, developmental delay
with regression
explanation: GeneReviews includes vomiting in the infantile phenotype.
- name: Microcephaly
category: Neurologic
subtype: Infantile onset
description: Microcephaly occurs in the infantile-onset spectrum.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Microcephaly
term:
id: HP:0000252
label: Microcephaly
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
movement disorder, microcephaly, vision impairment, and episodes of
neurologic deterioration
explanation: GeneReviews includes microcephaly in the infantile phenotype.
- name: Spasticity
category: Neurologic
description: Spasticity can emerge during the progressive neurologic course.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Spasticity
term:
id: HP:0001257
label: Spasticity
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y
reference_title: Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel HIBCH variants
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
the patient subsequently developed various new symptoms, including
nystagmus, athetosis, and spastic paraparesis.
explanation: Longitudinal follow-up documents emergence of spastic paraparesis in an affected patient.
- name: Failure to thrive
category: Growth
subtype: Neonatal onset
description: Poor weight gain and growth deficiency can complicate severe early-onset disease.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Failure to thrive
term:
id: HP:0001508
label: Failure to thrive
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
individuals that survive typically have developmental delay, seizures,
poor weight gain, and growth deficiency
explanation: GeneReviews describes poor weight gain and growth deficiency among neonatal-onset survivors.
- name: Cognitive impairment
category: Neurologic
subtype: Late onset
description: Cognitive impairment is variable in later-onset disease.
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Cognitive impairment
term:
id: HP:0100543
label: Cognitive impairment
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
significant movement disorder with or without paroxysmal dystonia,
variable cognitive impairment, and high survivability.
explanation: GeneReviews includes variable cognitive impairment in later-onset disease.
imaging_findings:
- name: Bilateral basal-ganglia lesions on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Bilateral basal-ganglia lesions
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Abnormal basal ganglia morphology
term:
id: HP:0002134
label: Abnormal basal ganglia morphology
located_in:
preferred_term: basal ganglion
term:
id: UBERON:0002420
label: basal ganglion
laterality: BILATERAL
spatial_extent: MULTIFOCAL
frequency: VERY_FREQUENT
description: >-
Bilateral pallidal, putaminal, or broader basal-ganglia signal abnormalities
are the most consistent MRI feature. They occurred in 36 of 38 pooled,
largely Leigh-spectrum cases (95%) but are not specific to HIBCH deficiency.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Basal ganglia 8 (100%) 28 (93%) 36 (95%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places basal-ganglia involvement in the VERY_FREQUENT band.
- reference: DOI:10.1002/jimd.12288
reference_title: "Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the <scp><i>ECHS1</i></scp> or <scp><i>HIBCH</i></scp> gene"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Basal ganglia lesions (18 patients) were associated with small cysts in the putamen/pallidum in half of the cases, a characteristic hallmark for diagnosis."
explanation: A combined ECHS1/HIBCH series describes putaminal and pallidal lesions, while not establishing HIBCH specificity.
- name: Brainstem abnormalities on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Brainstem abnormalities
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Abnormal brainstem morphology
term:
id: HP:0002363
label: Abnormal brainstem morphology
located_in:
preferred_term: brainstem
term:
id: UBERON:0002298
label: brainstem
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Brainstem involvement was reported in 21 of 38 pooled cases (55%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Brainstem 6 (75%) 15 (50%) 21 (55%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places brainstem involvement in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Cerebral white-matter abnormalities on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Cerebral white-matter abnormalities
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Abnormal cerebral white matter morphology
term:
id: HP:0002500
label: Abnormal cerebral white matter morphology
located_in:
preferred_term: cerebral hemisphere white matter
term:
id: UBERON:0002437
label: cerebral hemisphere white matter
frequency: FREQUENT
description: White-matter involvement was reported in 13 of 38 pooled cases (34%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "White matter 3 (38%) 10 (33%) 13 (34%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places white-matter involvement in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Cerebral atrophy on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Cerebral atrophy
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Cerebral atrophy
term:
id: HP:0002059
label: Cerebral atrophy
located_in:
preferred_term: brain
term:
id: UBERON:0000955
label: brain
spatial_extent: DIFFUSE
frequency: FREQUENT
description: Brain atrophy was reported in 21 of 38 pooled cases (55%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Brain atrophy 3 (38%) 18 (60%) 21 (55%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places brain atrophy in the FREQUENT band.
- name: Cerebellar involvement on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Cerebellar abnormality
located_in:
preferred_term: cerebellum
term:
id: UBERON:0002037
label: cerebellum
frequency: OCCASIONAL
description: >-
Cerebellar involvement of unspecified type was reported in 10 of 38 pooled
cases (26%); this percentage should not be equated specifically with
cerebellar atrophy.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Cerebellum 3 (38%) 7 (23%) 10 (26%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places nonspecific cerebellar involvement in the OCCASIONAL band.
- name: Progressive cerebellar atrophy on longitudinal MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Progressive cerebellar atrophy
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Cerebellar atrophy
term:
id: HP:0001272
label: Cerebellar atrophy
located_in:
preferred_term: cerebellum
term:
id: UBERON:0002037
label: cerebellum
spatial_extent: DIFFUSE
description: >-
Progressive cerebellar atrophy is an expanded longitudinal imaging feature
documented in individual cases, not a defining finding with an established
frequency.
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y
reference_title: Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel HIBCH variants
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Long-term follow-up MRI revealed progressive cerebellar atrophy, which expands the phenotypic spectrum of HIBCH deficiency."
explanation: Longitudinal MRI in one affected patient documents progressive cerebellar atrophy.
- name: Corpus-callosum abnormalities on MRI
modality: MRI
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Corpus-callosum abnormality
phenotype_term:
preferred_term: Abnormal corpus callosum morphology
term:
id: HP:0001273
label: Abnormal corpus callosum morphology
located_in:
preferred_term: corpus callosum
term:
id: UBERON:0002336
label: corpus callosum
frequency: OCCASIONAL
description: Corpus-callosum involvement was reported in 6 of 38 pooled cases (16%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Corpus callosum 1 (13%) 5 (17%) 6 (16%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places corpus-callosum involvement in the OCCASIONAL band.
- name: Lactate peak on MR spectroscopy
modality: OTHER
imaging_finding_term:
preferred_term: Lactate peak on magnetic resonance spectroscopy
frequency: OCCASIONAL
description: A lactate peak on MR spectroscopy was reported in 4 of 38 pooled cases (11%).
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "MRS lactate peak 1 (13%) 3 (10%) 4 (11%)"
explanation: The pooled case table places an MRS lactate peak in the OCCASIONAL band.
biochemical:
- name: 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine (C4-OH)
presence: INCREASED
frequency: FREQUENT
specificity: >-
Limited without chromatographic isomer separation; routine C4-OH can include
3-hydroxybutyrylcarnitine and may be normal in HIBCH deficiency.
context: >-
Elevated blood C4-OH was reported in 20 of 31 tested pooled cases (65%).
Specific measurement of 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine is more informative
than a nonchromatographic aggregate C4-OH signal.
readouts:
- target: Impaired 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolysis
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: POSITIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: Substrate-derived 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine reports the HIBCH hydrolysis block.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Elevated blood C4-OH 5/8 (63%) 15/23 (65%) 20/31 (65%)"
explanation: The pooled table places elevated C4-OH in the FREQUENT band but shows it is not universal.
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Increased hydroxy-C4 carnitine is therefore not specific for HIBCHD"
explanation: The study directly identifies isomeric interference and limited specificity.
- name: Urinary 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate
presence: INCREASED
frequency: FREQUENT
specificity: >-
Limited; it also occurs in ECHS1 deficiency and propionate disorders, and
its exact route of formation remains uncertain.
context: Elevated in 8 of 15 tested pooled cases (53%).
readouts:
- target: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: POSITIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: This urine metabolite is associated with reactive valine/propionate-pathway intermediates but is not HIBCH-specific.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Elevated urine 23HD2MB 6/7 (86%) 2/8 (25%) 8/15 (53%)"
explanation: The pooled table places this metabolite in the FREQUENT band with a small denominator.
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Patients with propionic acidaemia were investigated and found to have
increased urine levels of 23DH2MB
explanation: Its occurrence in propionic acidemia limits specificity.
- name: Urinary S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteine and its carnitine ester
presence: INCREASED
specificity: >-
More directly reflects methacrylyl-CoA thiol conjugation, but also occurs in
ECHS1 deficiency and requires specialized analysis.
context: >-
SCPC and its carnitine ester are specialized urine markers not captured by
routine organic-acid or acylcarnitine testing.
readouts:
- target: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: POSITIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: SCPC species report conjugation of reactive methacrylyl-derived intermediates.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Semi-quantitative urine screening by tandem mass spectrometry revealed
increased excretion of SCPC in samples from the HIBCHD and SCEHD patients
(Fig. 2A).
explanation: Specialized urine tandem mass spectrometry detected SCPC in HIBCH and ECHS1 deficiency.
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "the carnitine ester of SCPC were also found in the HIBCHD and SCEHD patients."
explanation: The same study identifies the SCPC carnitine ester as a related marker.
- name: Urinary S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteamine
presence: INCREASED
specificity: Potentially useful, but sensitivity and specificity are not established.
context: >-
SCPCM was elevated in all five selected published cases in which it was
measured; this tiny, selected denominator must not be interpreted as 100%
clinical sensitivity.
readouts:
- target: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: POSITIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: SCPCM is a methacrylyl-CoA-derived thiol conjugate.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Elevated urine SCPCM 3/3 (100%) 2/2 (100%) 5/5 (100%)"
explanation: The pooled table reports five positive selected tests, not population-level sensitivity.
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "SCPCM seems to be more speci fic for disease diagnosis, but more samples are needed for verification."
explanation: The authors explicitly qualify the marker as requiring further validation.
- name: Blood lactate
presence: Variable
frequency: FREQUENT
specificity: Low
context: >-
Blood lactate was elevated in 15 of 35 tested pooled cases (43%); normal
lactate therefore does not exclude HIBCH deficiency.
readouts:
- target: Variable secondary PDH and respiratory-chain dysfunction
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: POSITIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: Elevated lactate is a nonspecific, inconsistent marker of secondary energy-metabolism dysfunction.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Increased blood lactate level 3/8 (38%) 12/27 (44%) 15/35 (43%)"
explanation: The pooled table places elevated lactate in the FREQUENT band while demonstrating variability.
- name: HIBCH activity in cultured skin fibroblasts
presence: DECREASED
frequency: VERY_FREQUENT
specificity: High when measured with an appropriate enzyme assay.
context: >-
Activity was decreased in all 11 selected published cases with reported
fibroblast testing; this is an assay result in a small, clinically selected
denominator.
readouts:
- target: HIBCH catalytic loss
relationship: READOUT_OF
direction: NEGATIVE
endpoint_context: DIAGNOSTIC
interpretation: Reduced enzyme activity directly measures the initiating catalytic defect.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Decreased HIBCH activity in skin fibroblasts — 11/11 (100%) 11/11 (100%)"
explanation: The pooled table reports decreased activity in all 11 tested published cases.
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: IN_VITRO
snippet: "Fibroblast HIBCH activity was below detectable limits in both patients"
explanation: Direct enzyme testing confirmed absent detectable activity in affected siblings.
genetic:
- name: HIBCH pathogenic variants
association: Biallelic loss of function
relationship_type: CAUSATIVE
variant_origin: GERMLINE
gene_term:
preferred_term: HIBCH
term:
id: hgnc:4908
label: HIBCH
inheritance:
- name: Autosomal Recessive
inheritance_term:
preferred_term: Autosomal recessive inheritance
term:
id: HP:0000007
label: Autosomal recessive inheritance
features: >-
The diagnosis requires biallelic pathogenic or likely pathogenic HIBCH
variants; variants of uncertain significance do not establish the
diagnosis without additional evidence.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
The diagnosis of HIBCH deficiency is established in a proband with
characteristic clinical, laboratory, and brain imaging findings and
biallelic pathogenic variants in HIBCH identified by molecular genetic
testing.
explanation: GeneReviews defines the biallelic molecular diagnostic requirement.
- reference: CGGV:assertion_26621ace-7c6b-4a1c-8286-02c4cb8a1544-2019-11-07T222437.403Z
reference_title: "HIBCH / 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency (Definitive)"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "HIBCH | HGNC:4908 | 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency | MONDO:0009603 | AR | Definitive"
explanation: ClinGen assigns definitive validity to this autosomal recessive gene-disease relationship.
diagnosis:
- name: Molecular genetic confirmation
description: >-
The diagnosis is established by identifying biallelic pathogenic or likely
pathogenic HIBCH variants in an individual with compatible clinical,
biochemical, and imaging findings. If sequencing identifies only one
variant, deletion/duplication-sensitive or broader genomic testing may be
required.
diagnosis_term:
preferred_term: molecular genetic testing
term:
id: NCIT:C19770
label: Molecular Analysis
qualifiers:
- predicate:
preferred_term: has participant
term:
id: RO:0000057
label: has participant
value:
preferred_term: HIBCH
term:
id: hgnc:4908
label: HIBCH
results: Biallelic pathogenic or likely pathogenic HIBCH variants establish the diagnosis.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
The diagnosis of HIBCH deficiency is established in a proband with
characteristic clinical, laboratory, and brain imaging findings and
biallelic pathogenic variants in HIBCH identified by molecular genetic
testing.
explanation: GeneReviews identifies molecular detection of biallelic pathogenic variants as confirmatory.
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
the targeted NGS testing is costly, and it can not identify possible
pathogenic variants in deep intron regions and larger
deletions/duplications.
explanation: The cohort report identifies relevant limitations of targeted sequencing.
- name: Supportive biochemical testing
description: >-
Plasma or dried-blood-spot acylcarnitines and urine organic-acid or
specialized thiol-conjugate testing can provide biochemical clues. Normal
C4-OH or routine metabolites do not exclude the disease, and
nonchromatographic C4-OH is not specific.
diagnosis_term:
preferred_term: diagnostic procedure
term:
id: NCIT:C18020
label: Diagnostic Procedure
results: >-
Specific 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine, SCPC/SCPCM species, or
2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate can support suspicion but require molecular
confirmation.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
However, we observed normal hydroxy-C4 carnitine levels in one out of two
dried blood spots collected after the neonatal period.
explanation: Normal C4-OH can occur after the neonatal period.
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Increased hydroxy-C4 carnitine is therefore not specific for HIBCHD"
explanation: The metabolite study directly states the C4-OH specificity limitation.
- name: HIBCH enzyme assay in cultured fibroblasts
description: >-
Specialized measurement of HIBCH activity in cultured skin fibroblasts can
provide functional confirmation when molecular or biochemical findings are
uncertain.
diagnosis_term:
preferred_term: diagnostic procedure
term:
id: NCIT:C18020
label: Diagnostic Procedure
results: Markedly decreased or absent HIBCH activity supports the diagnosis.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: IN_VITRO
snippet: "Fibroblast HIBCH activity was below detectable limits in both patients"
explanation: Direct fibroblast testing established the functional enzyme defect in affected siblings.
- name: Brain MRI
description: >-
Brain MRI characterizes the Leigh-like pattern, especially bilateral
pallidal or broader basal-ganglia lesions, but the imaging pattern is
supportive rather than specific or confirmatory.
diagnosis_term:
preferred_term: magnetic resonance imaging procedure
term:
id: NCIT:C16809
label: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
results: Bilateral basal-ganglia lesions support a Leigh-spectrum presentation and direct etiologic testing.
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y
reference_title: Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel HIBCH variants
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows bilateral lesions in the basal ganglia with/without brainstem involvement."
explanation: The report summarizes the characteristic but nonspecific imaging pattern.
differential_diagnoses:
- name: ECHS1 deficiency
disease_term:
preferred_term: mitochondrial short-chain Enoyl-CoA hydratase 1 deficiency
term:
id: MONDO:0014563
label: mitochondrial short-chain Enoyl-Coa hydratase 1 deficiency
description: >-
ECHS1 acts immediately upstream of HIBCH and can be clinically and
biochemically very similar. Chromatographic detection of increased
3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine favors HIBCH deficiency, whereas many other
urine intermediates overlap.
distinguishing_features:
- Increased specific 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine supports HIBCH deficiency over ECHS1 deficiency.
- SCPC, SCPCM, and 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate can occur in both disorders.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
With the exception of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl carnitine, the metabolite
abnormalities were essentially the same as those observed in patients
with ECHS1 mutations
explanation: The metabolite study supplies a direct biochemical discriminator.
- name: Primary pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
disease_term:
preferred_term: pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
term:
id: MONDO:0019169
label: pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
description: >-
HIBCH deficiency can present with secondary PDH-complex deficiency and a
Leigh-like phenotype. Molecular and HIBCH-specific biochemical testing
distinguish the secondary finding from a primary PDH disorder.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
HIBCH deficiency, a disorder of valine catabolism, is a novel cause of
the multiple mitochondrial dysfunctions syndrome, and should be considered
in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with multiple RC
deficiencies and/or pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency.
explanation: The sibling study explicitly identifies the PDH/respiratory-chain diagnostic context.
- name: Other Leigh syndrome spectrum etiologies
disease_term:
preferred_term: Leigh syndrome
term:
id: MONDO:0009723
label: Leigh syndrome
description: >-
Leigh syndrome is a presentation umbrella that HIBCH deficiency can cause,
rather than a mutually exclusive diagnosis. Other mitochondrial and nuclear
etiologies must be distinguished through molecular testing and
disease-specific biochemical clues.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
Applying next-generation sequencing, we identified eight patients with
HIBCH mutations from our cohort of 181 cases of genetically diagnosed
Leigh/Leigh-like syndrome.
explanation: HIBCH deficiency was identified as one molecular cause within a Leigh/Leigh-like cohort.
- name: Propionic and methylmalonic acidemias
description: >-
Propionate-pathway disorders can share 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate and
acryloyl-CoA-related metabolites. SCPC/SCPCM patterns, acylcarnitines,
organic acids, and molecular testing distinguish these disorders.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
The metabolites derived from acryloyl-CoA were also increased in patients
with inborn errors of propionyl-CoA metabolism
explanation: The metabolite study documents overlap with propionyl-CoA disorders.
- reference: PMID:37309295
reference_title: "Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase substrate promiscuity: Challenges and opportunities for development of substrate reduction therapy in disorders of valine and isoleucine metabolism."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Toxicity of accumulating substrates is a significant problem in several
disorders of valine and isoleucine degradation notably short-chain
enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECHS1 or crotonase) deficiency,
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency, propionic acidemia
(PA), and methylmalonic aciduria (MMA).
explanation: The review places HIBCH, ECHS1, propionic acidemia, and methylmalonic aciduria in an overlapping metabolic context.
treatments:
- name: Valine-restricted diet
therapeutic_modality: BEHAVIORAL
description: >-
Valine restriction is the expert-recommended targeted dietary approach,
intended to reduce substrate flux into the impaired pathway. Evidence is
limited to small uncontrolled reports and expert experience; no consensus
protocol, controlled efficacy estimate, or universal age-specific valine
target is established.
treatment_term:
preferred_term: dietary intervention
term:
id: NCIT:C15447
label: Dietary Intervention
target_mechanisms:
- target: Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
treatment_effect: INHIBITS
description: Reduced valine intake is intended to decrease formation of reactive valine-derived intermediates.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "MANAGEMENT: Targeted therapy: Valine-restricted diet."
explanation: GeneReviews identifies valine restriction as mechanism-targeted care.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
MANAGEMENT: Targeted therapy: Valine-restricted diet. As seen in other
metabolic disorders, treatment using special formulas (medical food) can
be implemented successfully via oral route in individuals diagnosed
within the first few months of life.
explanation: GeneReviews describes practical implementation while not supplying a controlled efficacy estimate.
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
There is currently no consensus on HIBCH deficiency treatment approaches.
A low-valine, carbohydrate-rich diet may be effective
explanation: The clinical cohort explicitly identifies lack of consensus and uses cautious efficacy language.
- name: Prevention of catabolism
description: >-
Avoidance of prolonged fasting and individualized sick-day planning are
intended to reduce catabolic stress. Acute illness management should be
directed by a metabolic specialist; the cached evidence does not define a
validated universal emergency protocol.
treatment_term:
preferred_term: supportive care
term:
id: NCIT:C15747
label: Supportive Care
target_mechanisms:
- target: Illness-associated acute neurometabolic decompensation
treatment_effect: INHIBITS
description: Preventing catabolism is intended to reduce illness-associated decompensation risk.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: "prevent catabolism"
explanation: GeneReviews includes prevention of catabolism among management precautions.
- name: Symptom-directed supportive care
description: >-
Multidisciplinary care addresses development, feeding, spasticity,
epilepsy, movement disorder, vision, hearing, mobility, and family support.
These interventions treat manifestations rather than the enzymatic defect.
treatment_term:
preferred_term: supportive care
term:
id: NCIT:C15747
label: Supportive Care
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Supportive care: Developmental and educational support; feeding therapy
with gastrostomy tube as needed; standard treatments for spasticity and
epilepsy; treatment of movement disorder per movement disorder
specialist; management of ocular issues per ophthalmologist with low
vision services as needed
explanation: GeneReviews defines concrete multidisciplinary supportive care.
- name: Avoidance of selected mitochondrial and dietary stressors
description: >-
GeneReviews conditionally advises avoiding sodium valproate when possible
because of secondary mitochondrial abnormalities, careful anesthesia use,
and avoidance of prolonged propofol. It more directly advises against
ketogenic or modified Atkins diets and lists triheptanoin as
contraindicated; these are expert precautions rather than comparative-trial
findings.
treatment_term:
preferred_term: medical action avoidance
term:
id: NCIT:C15900
label: Lifestyle Therapy
evidence:
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
Due to secondary mitochondrial abnormalities it may be beneficial to
avoid sodium valproate if possible; consider anesthesia use carefully;
avoid prolonged propofol use
explanation: GeneReviews uses conditional wording for valproate and peri-anesthetic precautions.
- reference: PMID:41264763
reference_title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: OTHER
snippet: >-
ketogenic / modified Atkins diets should be avoided due to potential side
effects; triheptanoin is contraindicated due to the potential increase in
propionyl-CoA
explanation: GeneReviews provides the stronger diet and triheptanoin avoidance language.
discussions:
- discussion_id: gap_hibch_reactive_metabolite_mechanism
prompt: >-
Which methacrylyl-CoA-derived protein modifications drive human neural
injury, and why are secondary PDH and respiratory-chain defects variable?
kind: KNOWLEDGE_GAP
status: OPEN
attaches_to:
- pathophysiology#Reactive valine-derived intermediate accumulation
- pathophysiology#Variable secondary PDH and respiratory-chain dysfunction
rationale: >-
Human metabolites support reactive-intermediate accumulation, but thiol
adduction, glutathione depletion, lysine methacrylation, mitochondrial
dysfunction, and selective basal-ganglia vulnerability have not been joined
into a validated human causal chain.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:24299452
reference_title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: >-
The index case had deficiencies of multiple RC enzymes and PDHc in
skeletal muscle and fibroblasts respectively, but these were normal in his
younger brother.
explanation: Affected siblings demonstrate variable secondary mitochondrial findings.
- reference: PMID:40056416
reference_title: Ectopic protein lysine methacrylation contributes to defects caused by loss of HIBCH or ECHS1.
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: IN_VITRO
snippet: "We propose that ectopic Kmea modification mediates the defects caused by HIBCH- or ECHS1-deficiency."
explanation: The newest methacrylation model remains an experimental proposal.
- discussion_id: gap_hibch_valine_restriction
prompt: >-
What valine targets, age at initiation, monitoring strategy, and nutritional
safeguards provide meaningful long-term clinical benefit?
kind: KNOWLEDGE_GAP
status: OPEN
attaches_to:
- treatments#Valine-restricted diet
rationale: >-
Valine restriction is mechanism-directed and recommended by experts, but
published outcomes are uncontrolled, regimens vary, and natural history is
heterogeneous.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "There is currently no consensus on HIBCH deficiency treatment approaches."
explanation: The cohort review directly identifies the sparse and heterogeneous treatment evidence.
- discussion_id: gap_hibch_biomarker_and_screening_validation
prompt: >-
Can isomer-resolved C4-OH, SCPC/SCPCM species, or a combined panel achieve
adequate sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis or newborn screening?
kind: KNOWLEDGE_GAP
status: OPEN
attaches_to:
- biochemical#3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine (C4-OH)
- biochemical#Urinary S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteine and its carnitine ester
- biochemical#Urinary S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteamine
- diagnosis#Supportive biochemical testing
rationale: >-
C4-OH is neither universal nor specific without isomer separation, while
promising thiol-conjugate markers have very small selected denominators and
require specialized methods. Screening thresholds and clinical benefit are
not validated.
evidence:
- reference: PMID:26163321
reference_title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Increased hydroxy-C4 carnitine is therefore not specific for HIBCHD"
explanation: The paper identifies both the limitation and a candidate combined approach.
- reference: PMID:33762937
reference_title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "SCPCM seems to be more speci fic for disease diagnosis, but more samples are needed for verification."
explanation: The clinical series explicitly calls for more marker validation.
- discussion_id: interpretation_hibch_variant_location_survival
prompt: >-
Can variant position or residual HIBCH activity reliably predict severity
and survival?
kind: INTERPRETATION
status: OPEN
attaches_to:
- genetic#HIBCH pathogenic variants
- progression#Variable survival and long-term disability
rationale: >-
A combined ECHS1/HIBCH natural-history analysis reported a survival
association with HIBCH variant location, but the ultra-rare sample and
retrospective ascertainment do not support deterministic counseling.
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1002/jimd.12288
reference_title: "Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the <scp><i>ECHS1</i></scp> or <scp><i>HIBCH</i></scp> gene"
supports: SUPPORT
evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
snippet: "Among all 89 cases, we observed a longer survival in HIBCH compared to SCEH patients, and in HIBCH patients carrying homozygous mutations on the protein surface compared to those with variants inside/near the catalytic region."
explanation: The study reports an exploratory variant-location survival association.
references:
- reference: CGGV:assertion_26621ace-7c6b-4a1c-8286-02c4cb8a1544-2019-11-07T222437.403Z
title: "HIBCH / 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency (Definitive)"
- reference: PMID:24299452
title: HIBCH mutations can cause Leigh-like disease with combined deficiency of multiple mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes and pyruvate dehydrogenase.
- reference: PMID:26163321
title: "Metabolite studies in HIBCH and ECHS1 defects: Implications for screening."
- reference: PMID:33762937
title: "Cinical, Metabolic, and Genetic Analysis and Follow-Up of Eight Patients With HIBCH Mutations Presenting With Leigh/Leigh-Like Syndrome."
- reference: PMID:37309295
title: "Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase substrate promiscuity: Challenges and opportunities for development of substrate reduction therapy in disorders of valine and isoleucine metabolism."
- reference: PMID:40056416
title: Ectopic protein lysine methacrylation contributes to defects caused by loss of HIBCH or ECHS1.
- reference: PMID:41264763
title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency.
tags:
- GeneReviews
- reference: DOI:10.1002/jimd.12288
title: "Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the <scp><i>ECHS1</i></scp> or <scp><i>HIBCH</i></scp> gene"
- reference: DOI:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y
title: Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel HIBCH variants
- reference: DOI:10.1159/000508728
title: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Turkish Child with a Novel HIBCH Gene Mutation and Literature Review
- reference: DOI:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696
title: "Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-Coa Hydrolase (HIBCH) Deficiency in Bahrain: A Retrospective Cohort Study"
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3-hydroxyisobutyryl‑CoA hydrolase deficiency (HIBCH deficiency; HIBCHD) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive inborn error of mitochondrial valine catabolism caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in HIBCH, typically presenting in infancy with developmental delay/regression and Leigh/Leigh-like neuroimaging (basal ganglia lesions, often globus pallidus) and characteristic metabolite abnormalities such as C4‑OH (hydroxy‑C4) acylcarnitine and valine-pathway urinary metabolites. It is frequently evaluated under the Leigh syndrome spectrum diagnostic framework, where parallel biochemical testing (acylcarnitines + urinary organic acids) alongside NGS/WES is emphasized to accelerate identification of potentially treatable causes. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4)
HIBCH deficiency is an inborn error of metabolism due to impaired function of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl‑CoA hydrolase, a mitochondrial enzyme in the valine degradation pathway, leading to a Leigh/Leigh-like neurodegenerative phenotype with episodic metabolic decompensation in many patients. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2)
The current evidence base is largely derived from case reports and small cohorts, including retrospective clinic cohorts and multi-center natural history-style aggregations. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5)
No validated genetic or environmental protective factors were identified in the retrieved evidence for HIBCH deficiency. (evidence gap)
Evidence is largely descriptive: infections and increased metabolic demands appear to trigger decompensation, but formal gene–environment interaction studies were not identified. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2)
Commonly reported manifestations include developmental delay/regression, hypotonia, encephalopathy, feeding difficulties, and movement disorders (dystonia/spasticity/ataxia), with seizures and ocular abnormalities in some patients. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8)
HPO term suggestions (non-exhaustive): - Developmental delay HP:0001263 - Developmental regression HP:0002376 - Hypotonia HP:0001252 - Encephalopathy HP:0001298 - Dystonia HP:0001332 - Spasticity HP:0001257 - Ataxia HP:0001251 - Seizure HP:0001250 - Feeding difficulties HP:0011968 - Optic atrophy HP:0000648 - Nystagmus HP:0000639
HPO suggestions: - Abnormality of the basal ganglia HP:0002134 - Abnormal brain MRI signal HP:0012448 - Cerebellar atrophy HP:0001272
Key biochemical findings used clinically include elevated C4‑OH acylcarnitine and urine valine-pathway metabolites (see Diagnostics). (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3)
Formal QoL instruments were not identified in the retrieved evidence, but functional outcomes can be severe (persistent developmental delay; loss of ambulation in severe cases), implying substantial QoL impact. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 2-3)
HIBCH catalyzes a step in valine catabolism; in a comparative natural history study, the authors state: “HIBCH catalyses the fifth step of valine catabolism” and note biochemical accumulation of 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine in HIBCH deficiency. (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8)
Variant class patterns (from cited case series): missense, truncating, and splice-site variants are all represented. (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2)
A multi-center aggregation reported survival differences suggesting genotype–outcome correlation: - Within HIBCH deficiency, homozygous variants inside/near the catalytic region were associated with worse survival than surface variants (log-rank P = 0.004). (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5)
No modifier genes, epigenetic signatures, or recurrent chromosomal abnormalities were identified in the retrieved evidence. (evidence gap)
No specific toxins, lifestyle factors, or infectious agents were identified as causal; however, febrile illness/infection can act as a trigger for acute decompensation. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2)
The working model is that loss of HIBCH activity perturbs valine degradation, with accumulation of upstream metabolites and reactive intermediates, contributing to mitochondrial dysfunction and Leigh/Leigh-like neurodegeneration. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 6-8)
A comparative clinical series emphasizes that HIBCH deficiency’s main biochemical hallmark is “Elevated plasma levels of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl carnitine” (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8), and a diagnostic review for Leigh syndrome spectrum notes that in HIBCH deficiency acylcarnitine profiles may show “high levels of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl carnitine.” (baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4)
(These ontology suggestions are provided for knowledge base structuring; the specific GO/CL identifiers were not enumerated in the retrieved full-text evidence.)
No transcriptomic/proteomic/metabolomic multi-omics studies specific to HIBCH deficiency were identified in the retrieved evidence set for this run beyond targeted metabolite profiling used diagnostically. (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2)
The central nervous system is the primary affected system, with imaging lesions in the basal ganglia and sometimes cerebellar atrophy. (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2)
UBERON suggestions: - Basal ganglion UBERON:0002420 (suggested) - Globus pallidus UBERON:0001885 (suggested) - Cerebellum UBERON:0002037 (suggested)
Function is mitochondrial; the disease is framed in mitochondrial metabolism and mitochondrial disease diagnostics. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4)
Autosomal recessive inheritance is supported by multiple pedigrees and case series (biallelic variants; heterozygous parents). (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 3-5, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3)
A Bahrain cohort reported a shared homozygous variant in all eight patients (consistent with a local recurrent variant), but also notes no broadly “confirmed founder mutation” across populations. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6)
Carrier frequency estimates from population databases were referenced in the 2015 study’s incidence modeling approach, but detailed per-population carrier frequencies were not present in the retrieved excerpts. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 3-5)
HIBCH deficiency should be considered in infants/children with Leigh/Leigh-like presentation (basal ganglia lesions) and compatible metabolic findings, particularly when valine-pathway metabolites are present. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2)
Common diagnostic markers: - C4‑OH (hydroxy‑C4) acylcarnitine in dried blood spots or plasma; one series reported hydroxy‑C4 elevations on newborn screening cards, supporting NBS detectability when hydroxy‑C4 is measured. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6) - Urine metabolites used for screening/confirmation include S-(2-carboxypropyl) cysteine and S-(2-carboxypropyl) cysteamine and their carnitine esters (tandem MS), plus other valine-pathway organic acids. (kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3) - In a longitudinal case-series, urinary 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate was elevated in 6/7 and S-(2-carboxypropyl) cysteamine in 3/3, and dried blood spot C4‑OH elevation occurred in 5/7. (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2)
Important limitation: hydroxy‑C4 can be normal in milder phenotypes; thus reliance on a single marker may miss cases. (kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2)
NGS-based testing (gene panels, WES, WGS) is a primary route to diagnosis in modern practice; several reports demonstrate WES/WGS leading to diagnosis, including in Leigh-like presentations with variable/negative metabolic screens. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2)
Measurement of HIBCH activity in patient fibroblasts/tissues can confirm diagnosis but may not be widely available in routine clinical settings. (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6)
A 2024 diagnostic framework for Leigh syndrome spectrum recommends parallel biochemical testing and states: “basic metabolic studies are mandatory for all patients, including an L/P ratio, plasma amino acids and acylcarnitine profiles, and urinary organic acids” and that their approach “characterized 80% of our cohort and promoted specific intervention in 10% of confirmed cases.” (baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 1-2)
Valine-pathway and related mitochondrial/Leigh-like conditions (e.g., ECHS1/SCEH deficiency) are prominent differentials; comparative neuroradiology and metabolite patterns (e.g., predominance of globus pallidus involvement; 3-hydroxyisobutyrylcarnitine) can help differentiate. (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 11-13)
Management is largely supportive and empiric metabolic therapy: - Dietary management: low-valine / low-protein dietary strategies are commonly suggested/used. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3) - Supplements/adjuncts: carnitine and N-acetylcysteine are commonly mentioned; “mitochondrial cocktail” approaches are described in Leigh-like care contexts. (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3) - Acute decompensation care: supportive management (e.g., IV fluids, correction of acidosis, high-glucose support) is described in severe presentations. (kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3)
Evidence for benefit is limited and mainly observational: - In an 8-patient longitudinal case-series, five patients “responded positively to treatment with a significant decrease in NPMDS scores” after drug and dietary treatment. (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2) - In a comparative cohort, only one patient showed “a mild improvement in lower limb dystonia while receiving valine restricted formula,” and most had no clear neurologic improvement. (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8)
No interventional clinical trials were identified in the tool-run state for HIBCH deficiency. (evidence gap)
No naturally occurring veterinary HIBCH deficiency reports were identified in the retrieved evidence set. (evidence gap)
No HIBCH-deficiency-specific animal models or iPSC models were identified in the retrieved evidence for this run. (evidence gap)
| Disease / synonym field | Summary |
|---|---|
| Preferred disease name | 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency |
| Common synonyms | HIBCH deficiency; HIBCHD; 3-hydroxy-isobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency; Leigh/Leigh-like syndrome due to HIBCH deficiency (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2) |
| OMIM disease ID | OMIM #250620 (reported across cohort/case-series literature) (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2, alayed2020metabolicacidosisand pages 2-3) |
| Causal gene | HIBCH; gene OMIM reported as 610690 in the Bahrain cohort (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3) |
| Inheritance | Autosomal recessive; biallelic pathogenic variants confirmed in reported families and cohorts (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 3-5, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2, alayed2020metabolicacidosisand pages 2-3) |
| Core biochemical pathway | Mitochondrial valine catabolism; HIBCH catalyzes the conversion of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA to 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid / the fifth step of valine catabolism (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5) |
| Pathophysiologic consequence | Accumulation of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA and reactive valine-derived intermediates (including methacrylyl-CoA-related species), contributing to secondary pyruvate dehydrogenase and respiratory-chain dysfunction / Leigh-like disease (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 6-8) |
| Key blood biomarker | Elevated hydroxy-C4 / C4-OH acylcarnitine (3-hydroxyisobutyryl-carnitine signal); detectable in dried blood spots and sometimes plasma, but can be normal in milder cases (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6) |
| Key urine biomarkers | 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutyrate; S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteine (SCPC); S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteamine (SCPCM); some reports also note valine-pathway organic acids and variable 3-hydroxy-isovaleric acid elevations (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4) |
| Typical neuroimaging | Bilateral symmetric basal ganglia lesions, especially globus pallidus T2 hyperintensity; Leigh/Leigh-like pattern; white-matter changes may occur; cavitation/small cysts in pallidum/putamen reported; some long-term follow-up shows progressive cerebellar atrophy (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 3-4) |
| Typical age of onset | Usually infancy / early childhood; onset reported from 6 weeks to 6 months in one cohort, median 13 months (range 8–18 months) in another; developmental delay/regression commonly begins in the first 2 years of life (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2) |
| Core clinical picture | Developmental delay or regression, hypotonia, encephalopathy/acute decompensation, feeding difficulties, dystonia/spasticity/ataxia; seizures and ocular abnormalities may occur; phenotype overlaps Leigh syndrome spectrum (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8) |
| Epidemiology / rarity | Ultra-rare. One study citing OMIM reported estimated frequency about 1 in 127,939 in East Asians and 1 in 551,545 in Europeans; earlier work suggested incidence may be around 1 in 130,000 and underdiagnosed (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2) |
| Newborn screening relevance | Retrospective newborn screening card analysis showed elevated hydroxy-C4 in affected siblings, supporting potential detectability by NBS if hydroxy-C4 is assessed (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 6-8, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6) |
| Diagnostic approach | Parallel biochemical screening (acylcarnitine + urinary organic acids) plus NGS/WES is recommended; enzymatic confirmation in fibroblasts/tissues is possible but less routinely available (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6) |
| Best recent cohort / case-series references | Al jishi et al., 2024 retrospective Bahrain cohort, 8 patients, DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696 (jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3, jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6) |
| Baldo et al., 2024 Leigh syndrome spectrum diagnostic framework; emphasizes parallel biochemical testing and notes HIBCH as a treatable valine-metabolism cause, URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14192133 (baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4, baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 1-2) | |
| Wang et al., 2021 clinical/metabolic/genetic follow-up of 8 HIBCH patients, URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.605803 (wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2) | |
| Marti-Sanchez et al., 2021 neurological phenotype/natural history across HIBCH and ECHS1 defects; survival and imaging comparisons, URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12288 (marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 1-3, marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8) | |
| Taura et al., 2023 case report expanding imaging spectrum to progressive cerebellar atrophy, URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y (taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 2-3, taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 3-4) | |
| Stiles et al., 2015 seminal diagnostic/NBS paper on two siblings, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008 (stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 6-8, stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6) |
Table: This table summarizes the main identifiers, pathway context, biomarkers, imaging features, onset pattern, and key references for 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency. It is designed as a compact evidence-backed reference for a disease knowledge base entry.
References
(stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 1-3): Ashlee R. Stiles, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Arnaud Besse, Vivek Appadurai, Karen B. Leydiker, E.J. Cambray-Forker, Penelope E. Bonnen, and Jose E. Abdenur. Successful diagnosis of hibch deficiency from exome sequencing and positive retrospective analysis of newborn screening cards in two siblings presenting with leigh's disease. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 115(4):161-167, Aug 2015. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008, doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008. This article has 48 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(wang2021cinicalmetabolicand pages 1-2): Junling Wang, Zhimei Liu, Manting Xu, Xiaodi Han, Changhong Ren, Xinying Yang, Chunhua Zhang, and Fang Fang. Cinical, metabolic, and genetic analysis and follow-up of eight patients with hibch mutations presenting with leigh/leigh-like syndrome. Frontiers in Pharmacology, Mar 2021. URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.605803, doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.605803. This article has 23 citations.
(marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 7-8): Laura Marti‐Sanchez, Heidy Baide‐Mairena, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Roser Pons, Anastasia Skouma, Eduardo López‐Laso, Maria Sigatullina, Cristiano Rizzo, Michela Semeraro, Diego Martinelli, Rosalba Carrozzo, Carlo Dionisi‐Vici, Luis González‐Gutiérrez‐Solana, Marta Correa‐Vela, Juan Dario Ortigoza‐Escobar, Ángel Sánchez‐Montañez, Élida Vazquez, Ignacio Delgado, Sergio Aguilera‐Albesa, María Eugenia Yoldi, Antonia Ribes, Frederic Tort, Luca Pollini, Serena Galosi, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Manuela Tolve, Laura Pérez‐Gay, Luis Aldamiz‐Echevarría, Mireia Del Toro, Antonio Arranz, Filip Roelens, Roser Urreizti, Rafael Artuch, Alfons Macaya, and Belén Pérez‐Dueñas. Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the
(baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 2-4): Manuela Schubert Baldo, Luísa Azevedo, Margarida Paiva Coelho, Esmeralda Martins, and Laura Vilarinho. A comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of leigh syndrome spectrum. Diagnostics, 14:2133, Sep 2024. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14192133, doi:10.3390/diagnostics14192133. This article has 2 citations.
(jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 1-3): Emtithal Al jishi, Zahra Al sahlawi, Huda Omran, Mohammed S. Almaliki, Faten Al mahroos, and Heba Alkoheji. Characterization of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coa hydrolase (hibch) deficiency in bahrain: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics, 7:068-074, Dec 2024. URL: https://doi.org/10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696, doi:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696. This article has 0 citations.
(kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 1-2): Mustafa Kılıç and Fatma Kurt-Çolak. 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coa hydrolase deficiency in a turkish child with a novel hibch gene mutation and literature review. Molecular Syndromology, 11:170-175, Jun 2020. URL: https://doi.org/10.1159/000508728, doi:10.1159/000508728. This article has 2 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(alayed2020metabolicacidosisand pages 2-3): Alaa M Alayed, Eissa Ali Faqeih, Abdulwahed Aldehaimi, Roy W A Peake, and and Naif A M Almontashiri. Metabolic acidosis and hypoglycemia in a child with leigh-like phenotype. Clinical chemistry, 66 5:739-741, May 2020. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa079, doi:10.1093/clinchem/hvaa079. This article has 1 citations and is from a highest quality peer-reviewed journal.
(taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 1-2): Yoshihiro Taura, Takenori Tozawa, Kenichi Isoda, Satori Hirai, Tomohiro Chiyonobu, Naoko Yano, Takahiro Hayashi, Takeshi Yoshida, and Tomoko Iehara. Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel hibch variants. Human Genome Variation, Aug 2023. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y, doi:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y. This article has 8 citations.
(marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 3-5): Laura Marti‐Sanchez, Heidy Baide‐Mairena, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Roser Pons, Anastasia Skouma, Eduardo López‐Laso, Maria Sigatullina, Cristiano Rizzo, Michela Semeraro, Diego Martinelli, Rosalba Carrozzo, Carlo Dionisi‐Vici, Luis González‐Gutiérrez‐Solana, Marta Correa‐Vela, Juan Dario Ortigoza‐Escobar, Ángel Sánchez‐Montañez, Élida Vazquez, Ignacio Delgado, Sergio Aguilera‐Albesa, María Eugenia Yoldi, Antonia Ribes, Frederic Tort, Luca Pollini, Serena Galosi, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Manuela Tolve, Laura Pérez‐Gay, Luis Aldamiz‐Echevarría, Mireia Del Toro, Antonio Arranz, Filip Roelens, Roser Urreizti, Rafael Artuch, Alfons Macaya, and Belén Pérez‐Dueñas. Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the
(stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 6-8): Ashlee R. Stiles, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Arnaud Besse, Vivek Appadurai, Karen B. Leydiker, E.J. Cambray-Forker, Penelope E. Bonnen, and Jose E. Abdenur. Successful diagnosis of hibch deficiency from exome sequencing and positive retrospective analysis of newborn screening cards in two siblings presenting with leigh's disease. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 115(4):161-167, Aug 2015. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008, doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008. This article has 48 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 3-5): Ashlee R. Stiles, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Arnaud Besse, Vivek Appadurai, Karen B. Leydiker, E.J. Cambray-Forker, Penelope E. Bonnen, and Jose E. Abdenur. Successful diagnosis of hibch deficiency from exome sequencing and positive retrospective analysis of newborn screening cards in two siblings presenting with leigh's disease. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 115(4):161-167, Aug 2015. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008, doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008. This article has 48 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(kılıc20203hydroxyisobutyrylcoahydrolasedeficiency pages 3-3): Mustafa Kılıç and Fatma Kurt-Çolak. 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coa hydrolase deficiency in a turkish child with a novel hibch gene mutation and literature review. Molecular Syndromology, 11:170-175, Jun 2020. URL: https://doi.org/10.1159/000508728, doi:10.1159/000508728. This article has 2 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(jishi2024characterizationof3hydroxyisobutyrylcoa pages 4-6): Emtithal Al jishi, Zahra Al sahlawi, Huda Omran, Mohammed S. Almaliki, Faten Al mahroos, and Heba Alkoheji. Characterization of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coa hydrolase (hibch) deficiency in bahrain: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics, 7:068-074, Dec 2024. URL: https://doi.org/10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696, doi:10.24911/jbcgenetics.183-1722167696. This article has 0 citations.
(taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 2-3): Yoshihiro Taura, Takenori Tozawa, Kenichi Isoda, Satori Hirai, Tomohiro Chiyonobu, Naoko Yano, Takahiro Hayashi, Takeshi Yoshida, and Tomoko Iehara. Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel hibch variants. Human Genome Variation, Aug 2023. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y, doi:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y. This article has 8 citations.
(stiles2015successfuldiagnosisof pages 5-6): Ashlee R. Stiles, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Arnaud Besse, Vivek Appadurai, Karen B. Leydiker, E.J. Cambray-Forker, Penelope E. Bonnen, and Jose E. Abdenur. Successful diagnosis of hibch deficiency from exome sequencing and positive retrospective analysis of newborn screening cards in two siblings presenting with leigh's disease. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 115(4):161-167, Aug 2015. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008, doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.05.008. This article has 48 citations and is from a peer-reviewed journal.
(baldo2024acomprehensiveapproach pages 1-2): Manuela Schubert Baldo, Luísa Azevedo, Margarida Paiva Coelho, Esmeralda Martins, and Laura Vilarinho. A comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of leigh syndrome spectrum. Diagnostics, 14:2133, Sep 2024. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14192133, doi:10.3390/diagnostics14192133. This article has 2 citations.
(marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 11-13): Laura Marti‐Sanchez, Heidy Baide‐Mairena, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Roser Pons, Anastasia Skouma, Eduardo López‐Laso, Maria Sigatullina, Cristiano Rizzo, Michela Semeraro, Diego Martinelli, Rosalba Carrozzo, Carlo Dionisi‐Vici, Luis González‐Gutiérrez‐Solana, Marta Correa‐Vela, Juan Dario Ortigoza‐Escobar, Ángel Sánchez‐Montañez, Élida Vazquez, Ignacio Delgado, Sergio Aguilera‐Albesa, María Eugenia Yoldi, Antonia Ribes, Frederic Tort, Luca Pollini, Serena Galosi, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Manuela Tolve, Laura Pérez‐Gay, Luis Aldamiz‐Echevarría, Mireia Del Toro, Antonio Arranz, Filip Roelens, Roser Urreizti, Rafael Artuch, Alfons Macaya, and Belén Pérez‐Dueñas. Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the
(taura2023leighlikesyndromewith pages 3-4): Yoshihiro Taura, Takenori Tozawa, Kenichi Isoda, Satori Hirai, Tomohiro Chiyonobu, Naoko Yano, Takahiro Hayashi, Takeshi Yoshida, and Tomoko Iehara. Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel hibch variants. Human Genome Variation, Aug 2023. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y, doi:10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y. This article has 8 citations.
(marti‐sanchez2021delineatingtheneurological pages 1-3): Laura Marti‐Sanchez, Heidy Baide‐Mairena, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Roser Pons, Anastasia Skouma, Eduardo López‐Laso, Maria Sigatullina, Cristiano Rizzo, Michela Semeraro, Diego Martinelli, Rosalba Carrozzo, Carlo Dionisi‐Vici, Luis González‐Gutiérrez‐Solana, Marta Correa‐Vela, Juan Dario Ortigoza‐Escobar, Ángel Sánchez‐Montañez, Élida Vazquez, Ignacio Delgado, Sergio Aguilera‐Albesa, María Eugenia Yoldi, Antonia Ribes, Frederic Tort, Luca Pollini, Serena Galosi, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Manuela Tolve, Laura Pérez‐Gay, Luis Aldamiz‐Echevarría, Mireia Del Toro, Antonio Arranz, Filip Roelens, Roser Urreizti, Rafael Artuch, Alfons Macaya, and Belén Pérez‐Dueñas. Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the